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Sophie Roske was sentenced to 8 years in prison for attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022, after planning and traveling from California with weapons to carry out the attack, motivated by political and ideological reasons. She expressed remorse and apologized in court, with her defense citing mental health issues.
The Supreme Court's decision to largely reinstate Idaho's ban on gender-affirming care for minors was accompanied by a confusing set of opinions, with justices split into three different camps on how the Court should handle cases arising on its "shadow docket." The opinions did not extensively discuss the ban's constitutionality, but rather focused on procedural issues. Justice Kavanaugh's opinion suggests a likelihood of upholding the ban, raising concerns for transgender children. The justices' differing approaches to shadow docket cases and universal injunctions reveal potential implications for future decisions on contentious issues.